THE dangerous skies over Syria have now earned their reputation. The Turkish foreign ministry has confirmed that its forces had shot down a fighter aircraft near the Turkish border with Syria. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed soon afterwards that it has lost an SU-24 over Syria.

The situation remains tense: two crew members were filmed ejecting from the stricken aircraft and early reports from Reuters said it had video of one of the crew pilot seemingly dead on the ground. Russia later confirmed two of its personnel were dead. One of the pilots and a marine in a helicopter flying a rescue mission for the two pilots that was attacked by rebel fire.

Russian president, Vladimir Putin, called the incident a “a stab in the back, carried out by the accomplices of terrorists”. He said the shooting down would have “significant consequences, including for Russia-Turkish relations”.

Meanwhile, at a meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council in Brussels, diplomats condemned Russian incursions but said Turkey should have escorted the Russian warplane from its airspace. “There are other ways of dealing with these kinds of incidents,” one unnamed diplomat told Reuters.

The question now is, what next?

Not happy ... Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened Turkey with serious consequences. Picture: Maxim Shipenkov via APSource:AP

叙利亚上空的危险现在为他们带来了声誉。

土耳其外交部证实了他们的部队在土耳其与叙利亚边境线附近击落了一架战机。俄罗斯外交部随后证实了一架米格24在叙利亚境内失联。

局势依然紧张：早间路透社有报道，两名机组人员弹射出了被击中的飞机，其中有一个飞行员被拍到到地上的时候似乎已经死了。俄罗斯晚些时候证实两位飞行员均已死亡。负责搜救行动的直升机遭到反政府武装的袭击，其中一个飞行员和一个海军在这次袭击中死亡。

俄罗斯总统普京称“这种与恐怖分子为伍的行为令我感觉如芒在背”。他声称这次袭击事件将“导致严重的后果，包括土俄关系”

同时，在北约布鲁塞尔会议上，外交官谴责俄罗斯的入侵，但是认为土耳其本应该在其航线上护送俄罗斯战机。以为未透露姓名的外交官对路透社记者说“肯定能找到其他办法来处理此类事件”

那么问题来了，接下来会发生什么？

俄罗斯总统普金很生气，他威胁土耳其说后果很严重。